Sylvain MARET

Current

Swiss French Area delegate at OpenID Switzerland
Founder & CEO at MARET Consulting
Lecturer at University of Geneva

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Past

Founder & CTO at e-Xpert Solutions SA
Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences, Canton de Vaud
Security Architect at Dimension Data

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Sylvain MARET’s Summary

In 1991, after obtaining an msc in computer science from Geneva Engineering School, Sylvain Maret joined Swiss TV in Geneva. Sylvain Maret helped the Swiss TV to build a new network for delivering innovative and reliable solutions such as a new digital newsroom. Sylvain Maret also built the first Internet architecture for Swiss TV (1992). He was in charge of Internet Security (Firewall, Unix Hardening, DNS,Reverse Proxy, SSL and Strong Authentication).

In 1996 Mr Maret was hired as Security Engineer by Dimension Data (formely Datelec), the largest IT security company for Switzerland. For 5 years he built a security team for the Switzerland market. Sylvain was in charge of deployment, training, product management and security consulting. During this time Sylvain Maret was a PKI & Cryptography teacher, a Checkpoint CCSI Instructor and Ethical Hacker expert. In 1997, Sylvain Maret patented the first generation of SSL Reverse Proxy WAF supporting Strong Perimeter Authentication (SecurID, S/Key, PKI and OCSP support): a product named "Secure Gate"

In 2001, Sylvain Maret founded e-Xpert Solutions SA in Geneva. During 8 years Sylvain was the CTO. He led e-Xpert Solutions for new technology business development mainly in Strong Authentication, Web Security, Web SSO, PKI, biometry and SOA Security. Sylvain Maret was mainly involved in new technology deployment, Proof of Concept and Consulting.

As a result, in 2009, Sylvain Maret founded a new consulting firm (MARET Consulting) with a sole aim: to help companies to deal with manage security technology mainly for Digital Identity Security, Mobile Security, Web Security, Technical Audit.

Sylvain writes regularly in Technical papers and he is a Lecturer at Geneva University and a leading Security expert for University of Applied Sciences at Yverdon.

Public presentations held at OSSIR, Clusis, University of Geneva and Yverdon, Webcast at BrightTALK

Now: Technology Evangelist for OpenID and Strong Authentication

Sylvain MARET’s Specialties:

Digital Identity Security
PKI & Cryptography
Identity Validation (OCSP, SCVP)
Biometry / Match on Card
Strong Authentication
Web Security - Web Application Firewall
Web Services Security (SOAP / XML)
Federaded Identity
SSO & Web SSO
IAM
Identity Management
DLP
Encryption
Email Security
File Transfert Security
eBanking Security
SAML, OpenID
Smartphone Security
Security Architecture
Security Audit
Security Project Management
Security Proof of Concept